It just so happened that Dong Huaihua was approaching from the opposite side, so when she heard what they said, she got so angry that she took some firewood from the side and lit it up,”I will burn your good-for-nothing mouths!”
Then, the fleeing youngsters shouted, “There are three shrews, three shrews! Don’t mess with them, just run away!”
Dong Huaihua told them off a couple more times before she came over to greet Lin Lan and comfort Liu Xiuyun, “Don’t listen to anything they say.”
Liu Xiuyun smiled and said with a calm expression, “Auntie, don’t worry, I’m not afraid. No matter what they say, I committed no crime of murder, arson, theft or burglary. I admitted and owned up to my mistakes, so they have nothing they can accuse me of.”
Lin Lan nodded, “That’s the spirit.”
Liu Xiuyun said again, “Auntie, I can help you give lessons to the girls. I…have experience.”
Lin Lan and Dong Huaihua were startled. After all, they really didn’t expect that she would be able to accept things and become open-minded about the matter this quickly.
“I want more girls to learn this lesson and not be fooled by those insincere scumbags. If both in the relationship are happy with each other, then they should inform their parents. Only after getting parental agreement can a couple officially start dating, get engaged or marry. If the youngsters’ parents do not agree, then they shouldn’t.”
At times , if parents didn’t agree to their children’s relationships, most couples usually wouldn’t take it any further and break things off. That was because if the parents didn’t agree, they would not be able to get a household registration book nor earn work points for themselves.
Lin Lan praised her, “Good job, you are right. The great Chairman M once said that if you fall in love not for the purpose of marriage, you are playing hooligans! If you want to fall in love, you must plan to get married. Otherwise, don’t flirt around.”
Dong Huaihua also thought that the slogan was very good, so she used it to teach the girls of the village the same concept.
If a young man wanted to officially date a lady, it didn’t matter if he was an educated youth or a member of a Commune. There had to be confirmation that he had the consent? of his parents and if he was planning to consider marriage. If everything was legit, then he should seek the girl’s parents to ask for their daughter’s hand in an engagement. After that, the two would date for a bit before getting married.
If he only wanted to fall in love but didn’t have the intention to get married, then there was nothing else to do other than report him for toying around with others’ feelings— end of discussion!
Soon, the village launched a ‘dating before marriage’ promotional activity.
Lin Lan was in charge of handling the events such as talk shows, scripts, singing and dancing. Then, she had to assign a suitable role to everyone who was involved with the performances.
Among them was a script that was based on Liu Xiuyun. The male educated youth Liu Chuncai, was lonely and didn’t fit in the countryside. So, he flirted with the female educated youth who was played by Huo Yuan. He looked down on her and instead, continued to hop to Dong Huaihua who played a rural female cadre that couldn’t keep secrets to herself.
After that, the educated youth began to flirt with the female Commune members played by Han Qingping. Han Qingping was thin, fair-skinned and beautiful. Wearing a cotton-padded jacket and adorning a set of rosy cheeks, he was known as the village flower.